Monitoring potential contact based infection events

Abstract

Systems, and method and computer readable media that store instructions for monitoring potential contact based infection events.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for monitoring potential contact based infection events, the method comprises:
 obtaining sensed information gathered during a monitoring period;   identifying, based on the sensed information, a main suspected person, wherein the main suspected person is suspected to suffer from an infectious disease;   identifying, based on the sensed information, one or more potentially contaminated areas that were potentially contaminated by the main suspected person;   detecting a secondary suspected person that appears in the sensed information; wherein the secondary suspected person was involved in a suspected direct infection event that comprises contacting one of the potentially contaminated areas under circumstances that are indicative of a potential infection by contact; and   responding to the detecting of at least one out of the main suspected person and the secondary suspected person, wherein the responding comprises at least one out of generating an alert, transmitting an alert, storing an alert, and updating at least one data structure regarding at least one suspected person.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas comprises identifying a spread of droplets that was emitted from the main suspected person on the main suspected person. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas comprises determining whether a bare organ of the main suspected person contacted the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated area is responsive to a duration of contact of the main suspected person and the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to an estimated force applied by the main suspected person on the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to an estimated contact region between the main suspected person and the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to weather conditions during a contact with the potentially contaminated area and following the contact. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the circumstances that are indicative of the potential infection by contact comprise a time gap between a contact by the main suspected person and a contact by the secondary suspected person. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the circumstances that are indicative of the potential infection by contact comprise a manner in which each one of the main suspected person and the a secondary suspected person. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1  further comprising finding indirectly infected people that were involved in one or more other suspected infection events that are associated with any suspected direct infection events. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein the wherein the identifying of the main suspected person comprises applying a face recognition process on the sensed information. 
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium for monitoring potential contact based infection events, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions for:
 obtaining sensed information gathered during a monitoring period;   identifying, based on the sensed information, a main suspected person, wherein the main suspected person is suspected to suffer from an infectious disease;   identifying, based on the sensed information, one or more potentially contaminated areas that were potentially contaminated by the main suspected person;   detecting a secondary suspected person that appears in the sensed information; wherein the secondary suspected person was involved in a suspected direct infection event that comprises contacting one of the potentially contaminated areas under circumstances that are indicative of a potential infection by contact; and   responding to the detecting of at least one out of the main suspected person and the secondary suspected person, wherein the responding comprises at least one out of generating an alert, transmitting an alert, storing an alert, and updating at least one data structure regarding at least one suspected person.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas comprises identifying a spread of droplets that was emitted from the main suspected person on the main suspected person. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas comprises determining whether a bare organ of the main suspected person contacted the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated area is responsive to a duration of contact of the main suspected person and the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to an estimated force applied by the main suspected person on the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to an estimated contact region between the main suspected person and the potentially contaminated area. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the identifying, based on the sensed information, of one of the potentially contaminated areas is responsive to weather conditions during a contact with the potentially contaminated area and following the contact. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  further comprising finding indirectly infected people that were involved in one or more other suspected infection events that are associated with any suspected direct infection events. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 12  wherein the wherein the identifying of the main suspected person comprises applying a face recognition process on the sensed information.